diff --git a/pkg/controller/endpoint/endpoints_controller.go b/pkg/controller/endpoint/endpoints_controller.go
index 61df9eac35a..3eae02210bb 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/endpoint/endpoints_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/endpoint/endpoints_controller.go
@@ -73,8 +73,6 @@ const (
 func NewEndpointController(podInformer coreinformers.PodInformer, serviceInformer coreinformers.ServiceInformer,
 	endpointsInformer coreinformers.EndpointsInformer, client clientset.Interface, endpointUpdatesBatchPeriod time.Duration) *Controller {
 	broadcaster := record.NewBroadcaster()
-	broadcaster.StartStructuredLogging(0)
-	broadcaster.StartRecordingToSink(&v1core.EventSinkImpl{Interface: client.CoreV1().Events("")})
 	recorder := broadcaster.NewRecorder(scheme.Scheme, v1.EventSource{Component: "endpoint-controller"})
 
 	if client != nil && client.CoreV1().RESTClient().GetRateLimiter() != nil {
@@ -173,6 +171,12 @@ type Controller struct {
 // endpoints will be handled in parallel.
 func (e *Controller) Run(ctx context.Context, workers int) {
 	defer utilruntime.HandleCrash()
+
+	// Start events processing pipeline.
+	e.eventBroadcaster.StartStructuredLogging(0)
+	e.eventBroadcaster.StartRecordingToSink(&v1core.EventSinkImpl{Interface: e.client.CoreV1().Events("")})
+	defer e.eventBroadcaster.Shutdown()
+
 	defer e.queue.ShutDown()
 
 	klog.Infof("Starting endpoint controller")
diff --git a/pkg/controller/endpointslice/endpointslice_controller.go b/pkg/controller/endpointslice/endpointslice_controller.go
index f91dc4de11d..15778c97a61 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/endpointslice/endpointslice_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/endpointslice/endpointslice_controller.go
@@ -86,8 +86,6 @@ func NewController(podInformer coreinformers.PodInformer,
 	endpointUpdatesBatchPeriod time.Duration,
 ) *Controller {
 	broadcaster := record.NewBroadcaster()
-	broadcaster.StartStructuredLogging(0)
-	broadcaster.StartRecordingToSink(&v1core.EventSinkImpl{Interface: client.CoreV1().Events("")})
 	recorder := broadcaster.NewRecorder(scheme.Scheme, v1.EventSource{Component: "endpoint-slice-controller"})
 
 	if client != nil && client.CoreV1().RESTClient().GetRateLimiter() != nil {
@@ -252,6 +250,12 @@ type Controller struct {
 // Run will not return until stopCh is closed.
 func (c *Controller) Run(workers int, stopCh <-chan struct{}) {
 	defer utilruntime.HandleCrash()
+
+	// Start events processing pipeline.
+	c.eventBroadcaster.StartLogging(klog.Infof)
+	c.eventBroadcaster.StartRecordingToSink(&v1core.EventSinkImpl{Interface: c.client.CoreV1().Events("")})
+	defer c.eventBroadcaster.Shutdown()
+
 	defer c.queue.ShutDown()
 
 	klog.Infof("Starting endpoint slice controller")
diff --git a/pkg/controller/endpointslicemirroring/endpointslicemirroring_controller.go b/pkg/controller/endpointslicemirroring/endpointslicemirroring_controller.go
index 11664d98614..ecefec98fba 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/endpointslicemirroring/endpointslicemirroring_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/endpointslicemirroring/endpointslicemirroring_controller.go
@@ -75,8 +75,6 @@ func NewController(endpointsInformer coreinformers.EndpointsInformer,
 	endpointUpdatesBatchPeriod time.Duration,
 ) *Controller {
 	broadcaster := record.NewBroadcaster()
-	broadcaster.StartLogging(klog.Infof)
-	broadcaster.StartRecordingToSink(&v1core.EventSinkImpl{Interface: client.CoreV1().Events("")})
 	recorder := broadcaster.NewRecorder(scheme.Scheme, v1.EventSource{Component: "endpoint-slice-mirroring-controller"})
 
 	if client != nil && client.CoreV1().RESTClient().GetRateLimiter() != nil {
@@ -207,6 +205,12 @@ type Controller struct {
 // Run will not return until stopCh is closed.
 func (c *Controller) Run(workers int, stopCh <-chan struct{}) {
 	defer utilruntime.HandleCrash()
+
+	// Start events processing pipeline.
+	c.eventBroadcaster.StartLogging(klog.Infof)
+	c.eventBroadcaster.StartRecordingToSink(&v1core.EventSinkImpl{Interface: c.client.CoreV1().Events("")})
+	defer c.eventBroadcaster.Shutdown()
+
 	defer c.queue.ShutDown()
 
 	klog.Infof("Starting EndpointSliceMirroring controller")
diff --git a/pkg/controller/endpointslicemirroring/endpointslicemirroring_controller_test.go b/pkg/controller/endpointslicemirroring/endpointslicemirroring_controller_test.go
index 883db710da2..960e09855e0 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/endpointslicemirroring/endpointslicemirroring_controller_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/endpointslicemirroring/endpointslicemirroring_controller_test.go
@@ -28,9 +28,11 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/informers"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/fake"
+	v1core "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/typed/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/leaderelection/resourcelock"
 
+	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/controller"
 )
 
@@ -58,6 +60,11 @@ func newController(batchPeriod time.Duration) (*fake.Clientset, *endpointSliceMi
 		client,
 		batchPeriod)
 
+	// The event processing pipeline is normally started via Run() method.
+	// However, since we don't start it in unit tests, we explicitly start it here.
+	esController.eventBroadcaster.StartLogging(klog.Infof)
+	esController.eventBroadcaster.StartRecordingToSink(&v1core.EventSinkImpl{Interface: client.CoreV1().Events("")})
+
 	esController.endpointsSynced = alwaysReady
 	esController.endpointSlicesSynced = alwaysReady
 	esController.servicesSynced = alwaysReady
diff --git a/test/integration/apiserver/apply/apply_test.go b/test/integration/apiserver/apply/apply_test.go
index acbc493ba80..20765361bd5 100644
--- a/test/integration/apiserver/apply/apply_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/apiserver/apply/apply_test.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ import (
 	apierrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
 	yamlutil "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/yaml"
@@ -44,28 +44,23 @@ import (
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	restclient "k8s.io/client-go/rest"
 	featuregatetesting "k8s.io/component-base/featuregate/testing"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/controlplane"
+	kubeapiservertesting "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/testing"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/integration/framework"
 )
 
-// TODO(wojtek-t): Migrate to use testing.TestServer instead.
-func setup(t testing.TB, groupVersions ...schema.GroupVersion) (clientset.Interface, framework.CloseFunc) {
-	opts := framework.ControlPlaneConfigOptions{EtcdOptions: framework.DefaultEtcdOptions()}
-	opts.EtcdOptions.DefaultStorageMediaType = "application/vnd.kubernetes.protobuf"
-	controlPlaneConfig := framework.NewIntegrationTestControlPlaneConfigWithOptions(&opts)
-	if len(groupVersions) > 0 {
-		resourceConfig := controlplane.DefaultAPIResourceConfigSource()
-		resourceConfig.EnableVersions(groupVersions...)
-		controlPlaneConfig.ExtraConfig.APIResourceConfigSource = resourceConfig
-	}
-	controlPlaneConfig.GenericConfig.OpenAPIConfig = framework.DefaultOpenAPIConfig()
-	_, s, closeFn := framework.RunAnAPIServer(controlPlaneConfig)
+func setup(t testing.TB) (clientset.Interface, kubeapiservertesting.TearDownFunc) {
+	// Disable ServiceAccount admission plugin as we don't have serviceaccount controller running.
+	server := kubeapiservertesting.StartTestServerOrDie(t, nil, []string{"--disable-admission-plugins=ServiceAccount"}, framework.SharedEtcd())
 
-	clientSet, err := clientset.NewForConfig(&restclient.Config{Host: s.URL, QPS: -1})
+	config := restclient.CopyConfig(server.ClientConfig)
+	// There are some tests (in scale_test.go) that rely on the response to be returned in JSON.
+	// So we overwrite it here.
+	config.ContentType = runtime.ContentTypeJSON
+	clientSet, err := clientset.NewForConfig(config)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Error in create clientset: %v", err)
 	}
-	return clientSet, closeFn
+	return clientSet, server.TearDownFn
 }
 
 // TestApplyAlsoCreates makes sure that PATCH requests with the apply content type
@@ -2812,15 +2807,13 @@ spec:
 }
 
 func TestStopTrackingManagedFieldsOnFeatureDisabled(t *testing.T) {
-	sharedEtcd := framework.DefaultEtcdOptions()
-	controlPlaneConfig := framework.NewIntegrationTestControlPlaneConfigWithOptions(&framework.ControlPlaneConfigOptions{
-		EtcdOptions: sharedEtcd,
-	})
-	controlPlaneConfig.GenericConfig.OpenAPIConfig = framework.DefaultOpenAPIConfig()
+	sharedEtcd := framework.SharedEtcd()
 
 	defer featuregatetesting.SetFeatureGateDuringTest(t, utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate, genericfeatures.ServerSideApply, true)()
-	_, instanceConfig, closeFn := framework.RunAnAPIServer(controlPlaneConfig)
-	client, err := clientset.NewForConfig(&restclient.Config{Host: instanceConfig.URL, QPS: -1})
+
+	// Disable ServiceAccount admission plugin as we don't have serviceaccount controller running.
+	server := kubeapiservertesting.StartTestServerOrDie(t, nil, []string{"--disable-admission-plugins=ServiceAccount"}, sharedEtcd)
+	client, err := clientset.NewForConfig(server.ClientConfig)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Error in create clientset: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -2870,14 +2863,15 @@ spec:
 	}
 
 	// Restart server with server-side apply disabled
-	closeFn()
+	server.TearDownFn()
 	defer featuregatetesting.SetFeatureGateDuringTest(t, utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate, genericfeatures.ServerSideApply, false)()
-	_, instanceConfig, closeFn = framework.RunAnAPIServer(controlPlaneConfig)
-	client, err = clientset.NewForConfig(&restclient.Config{Host: instanceConfig.URL, QPS: -1})
+
+	server = kubeapiservertesting.StartTestServerOrDie(t, nil, []string{"--disable-admission-plugins=ServiceAccount"}, sharedEtcd)
+	defer server.TearDownFn()
+	client, err = clientset.NewForConfig(server.ClientConfig)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Error in create clientset: %v", err)
 	}
-	defer closeFn()
 
 	_, err = client.CoreV1().RESTClient().Patch(types.ApplyPatchType).
 		AbsPath("/apis/apps/v1").
diff --git a/test/integration/cronjob/cronjob_test.go b/test/integration/cronjob/cronjob_test.go
index fc7de4849d2..855ea9c84ad 100644
--- a/test/integration/cronjob/cronjob_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/cronjob/cronjob_test.go
@@ -155,12 +155,12 @@ func TestCronJobLaunchesPodAndCleansUp(t *testing.T) {
 
 	cjClient := clientSet.BatchV1().CronJobs(ns.Name)
 
-	stopCh := make(chan struct{})
-	defer close(stopCh)
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	defer cancel()
 
-	informerSet.Start(stopCh)
-	go cjc.Run(context.TODO(), 1)
-	go jc.Run(context.TODO(), 1)
+	informerSet.Start(ctx.Done())
+	go cjc.Run(ctx, 1)
+	go jc.Run(ctx, 1)
 
 	_, err := cjClient.Create(context.TODO(), newCronJob(cronJobName, ns.Name, "* * * * ?"), metav1.CreateOptions{})
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/test/integration/daemonset/daemonset_test.go b/test/integration/daemonset/daemonset_test.go
index 79f0dad5b22..fe1cb4e0cb0 100644
--- a/test/integration/daemonset/daemonset_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/daemonset/daemonset_test.go
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ import (
 
 var zero = int64(0)
 
-func setup(t *testing.T) (kubeapiservertesting.TearDownFunc, *daemon.DaemonSetsController, informers.SharedInformerFactory, clientset.Interface) {
+func setup(t *testing.T) (context.Context, kubeapiservertesting.TearDownFunc, *daemon.DaemonSetsController, informers.SharedInformerFactory, clientset.Interface) {
 	// Disable ServiceAccount admission plugin as we don't have serviceaccount controller running.
 	server := kubeapiservertesting.StartTestServerOrDie(t, nil, []string{"--disable-admission-plugins=ServiceAccount,TaintNodesByCondition"}, framework.SharedEtcd())
 
@@ -74,22 +74,15 @@ func setup(t *testing.T) (kubeapiservertesting.TearDownFunc, *daemon.DaemonSetsC
 		t.Fatalf("error creating DaemonSets controller: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	return server.TearDownFn, dc, informers, clientSet
-}
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 
-func setupScheduler(
-	ctx context.Context,
-	t *testing.T,
-	cs clientset.Interface,
-	informerFactory informers.SharedInformerFactory,
-) {
 	eventBroadcaster := events.NewBroadcaster(&events.EventSinkImpl{
-		Interface: cs.EventsV1(),
+		Interface: clientSet.EventsV1(),
 	})
 
 	sched, err := scheduler.New(
-		cs,
-		informerFactory,
+		clientSet,
+		informers,
 		nil,
 		profile.NewRecorderFactory(eventBroadcaster),
 		ctx.Done(),
@@ -99,8 +92,15 @@ func setupScheduler(
 	}
 
 	eventBroadcaster.StartRecordingToSink(ctx.Done())
-
 	go sched.Run(ctx)
+
+	tearDownFn := func() {
+		cancel()
+		server.TearDownFn()
+		eventBroadcaster.Shutdown()
+	}
+
+	return ctx, tearDownFn, dc, informers, clientSet
 }
 
 func testLabels() map[string]string {
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ func forEachStrategy(t *testing.T, tf func(t *testing.T, strategy *apps.DaemonSe
 
 func TestOneNodeDaemonLaunchesPod(t *testing.T) {
 	forEachStrategy(t, func(t *testing.T, strategy *apps.DaemonSetUpdateStrategy) {
-		closeFn, dc, informers, clientset := setup(t)
+		ctx, closeFn, dc, informers, clientset := setup(t)
 		defer closeFn()
 		ns := framework.CreateNamespaceOrDie(clientset, "one-node-daemonset-test", t)
 		defer framework.DeleteNamespaceOrDie(clientset, ns, t)
@@ -431,12 +431,6 @@ func TestOneNodeDaemonLaunchesPod(t *testing.T) {
 		nodeClient := clientset.CoreV1().Nodes()
 		podInformer := informers.Core().V1().Pods().Informer()
 
-		ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
-		defer cancel()
-
-		// Start Scheduler
-		setupScheduler(ctx, t, clientset, informers)
-
 		informers.Start(ctx.Done())
 		go dc.Run(ctx, 2)
 
@@ -460,7 +454,7 @@ func TestOneNodeDaemonLaunchesPod(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestSimpleDaemonSetLaunchesPods(t *testing.T) {
 	forEachStrategy(t, func(t *testing.T, strategy *apps.DaemonSetUpdateStrategy) {
-		closeFn, dc, informers, clientset := setup(t)
+		ctx, closeFn, dc, informers, clientset := setup(t)
 		defer closeFn()
 		ns := framework.CreateNamespaceOrDie(clientset, "simple-daemonset-test", t)
 		defer framework.DeleteNamespaceOrDie(clientset, ns, t)
@@ -470,15 +464,9 @@ func TestSimpleDaemonSetLaunchesPods(t *testing.T) {
 		nodeClient := clientset.CoreV1().Nodes()
 		podInformer := informers.Core().V1().Pods().Informer()
 
-		ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
-		defer cancel()
-
 		informers.Start(ctx.Done())
 		go dc.Run(ctx, 2)
 
-		// Start Scheduler
-		setupScheduler(ctx, t, clientset, informers)
-
 		ds := newDaemonSet("foo", ns.Name)
 		ds.Spec.UpdateStrategy = *strategy
 		_, err := dsClient.Create(context.TODO(), ds, metav1.CreateOptions{})
@@ -496,7 +484,7 @@ func TestSimpleDaemonSetLaunchesPods(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestDaemonSetWithNodeSelectorLaunchesPods(t *testing.T) {
 	forEachStrategy(t, func(t *testing.T, strategy *apps.DaemonSetUpdateStrategy) {
-		closeFn, dc, informers, clientset := setup(t)
+		ctx, closeFn, dc, informers, clientset := setup(t)
 		defer closeFn()
 		ns := framework.CreateNamespaceOrDie(clientset, "simple-daemonset-test", t)
 		defer framework.DeleteNamespaceOrDie(clientset, ns, t)
@@ -506,15 +494,9 @@ func TestDaemonSetWithNodeSelectorLaunchesPods(t *testing.T) {
 		nodeClient := clientset.CoreV1().Nodes()
 		podInformer := informers.Core().V1().Pods().Informer()
 
-		ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
-		defer cancel()
-
 		informers.Start(ctx.Done())
 		go dc.Run(ctx, 2)
 
-		// Start Scheduler
-		setupScheduler(ctx, t, clientset, informers)
-
 		ds := newDaemonSet("foo", ns.Name)
 		ds.Spec.UpdateStrategy = *strategy
 
@@ -565,7 +547,7 @@ func TestDaemonSetWithNodeSelectorLaunchesPods(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestNotReadyNodeDaemonDoesLaunchPod(t *testing.T) {
 	forEachStrategy(t, func(t *testing.T, strategy *apps.DaemonSetUpdateStrategy) {
-		closeFn, dc, informers, clientset := setup(t)
+		ctx, closeFn, dc, informers, clientset := setup(t)
 		defer closeFn()
 		ns := framework.CreateNamespaceOrDie(clientset, "simple-daemonset-test", t)
 		defer framework.DeleteNamespaceOrDie(clientset, ns, t)
@@ -575,15 +557,9 @@ func TestNotReadyNodeDaemonDoesLaunchPod(t *testing.T) {
 		nodeClient := clientset.CoreV1().Nodes()
 		podInformer := informers.Core().V1().Pods().Informer()
 
-		ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
-		defer cancel()
-
 		informers.Start(ctx.Done())
 		go dc.Run(ctx, 2)
 
-		// Start Scheduler
-		setupScheduler(ctx, t, clientset, informers)
-
 		ds := newDaemonSet("foo", ns.Name)
 		ds.Spec.UpdateStrategy = *strategy
 		_, err := dsClient.Create(context.TODO(), ds, metav1.CreateOptions{})
@@ -612,7 +588,7 @@ func TestNotReadyNodeDaemonDoesLaunchPod(t *testing.T) {
 // not schedule Pods onto the nodes with insufficient resource.
 func TestInsufficientCapacityNode(t *testing.T) {
 	forEachStrategy(t, func(t *testing.T, strategy *apps.DaemonSetUpdateStrategy) {
-		closeFn, dc, informers, clientset := setup(t)
+		ctx, closeFn, dc, informers, clientset := setup(t)
 		defer closeFn()
 		ns := framework.CreateNamespaceOrDie(clientset, "insufficient-capacity", t)
 		defer framework.DeleteNamespaceOrDie(clientset, ns, t)
@@ -622,15 +598,9 @@ func TestInsufficientCapacityNode(t *testing.T) {
 		podInformer := informers.Core().V1().Pods().Informer()
 		nodeClient := clientset.CoreV1().Nodes()
 
-		ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
-		defer cancel()
-
 		informers.Start(ctx.Done())
 		go dc.Run(ctx, 2)
 
-		// Start Scheduler
-		setupScheduler(ctx, t, clientset, informers)
-
 		ds := newDaemonSet("foo", ns.Name)
 		ds.Spec.Template.Spec = resourcePodSpec("", "120M", "75m")
 		ds.Spec.UpdateStrategy = *strategy
@@ -676,7 +646,7 @@ func TestInsufficientCapacityNode(t *testing.T) {
 // TestLaunchWithHashCollision tests that a DaemonSet can be updated even if there is a
 // hash collision with an existing ControllerRevision
 func TestLaunchWithHashCollision(t *testing.T) {
-	closeFn, dc, informers, clientset := setup(t)
+	ctx, closeFn, dc, informers, clientset := setup(t)
 	defer closeFn()
 	ns := framework.CreateNamespaceOrDie(clientset, "one-node-daemonset-test", t)
 	defer framework.DeleteNamespaceOrDie(clientset, ns, t)
@@ -685,15 +655,9 @@ func TestLaunchWithHashCollision(t *testing.T) {
 	podInformer := informers.Core().V1().Pods().Informer()
 	nodeClient := clientset.CoreV1().Nodes()
 
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
-	defer cancel()
-
 	informers.Start(ctx.Done())
 	go dc.Run(ctx, 2)
 
-	// Start Scheduler
-	setupScheduler(ctx, t, clientset, informers)
-
 	// Create single node
 	_, err := nodeClient.Create(context.TODO(), newNode("single-node", nil), metav1.CreateOptions{})
 	if err != nil {
@@ -787,7 +751,7 @@ func TestLaunchWithHashCollision(t *testing.T) {
 // 2. Add a node to ensure the controller sync
 // 3. The dsc is expected to "PATCH" the existing pod label with new hash and deletes the old controllerrevision once finishes the update
 func TestDSCUpdatesPodLabelAfterDedupCurHistories(t *testing.T) {
-	closeFn, dc, informers, clientset := setup(t)
+	ctx, closeFn, dc, informers, clientset := setup(t)
 	defer closeFn()
 	ns := framework.CreateNamespaceOrDie(clientset, "one-node-daemonset-test", t)
 	defer framework.DeleteNamespaceOrDie(clientset, ns, t)
@@ -796,15 +760,9 @@ func TestDSCUpdatesPodLabelAfterDedupCurHistories(t *testing.T) {
 	podInformer := informers.Core().V1().Pods().Informer()
 	nodeClient := clientset.CoreV1().Nodes()
 
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
-	defer cancel()
-
 	informers.Start(ctx.Done())
 	go dc.Run(ctx, 2)
 
-	// Start Scheduler
-	setupScheduler(ctx, t, clientset, informers)
-
 	// Create single node
 	_, err := nodeClient.Create(context.TODO(), newNode("single-node", nil), metav1.CreateOptions{})
 	if err != nil {
@@ -915,7 +873,7 @@ func TestDSCUpdatesPodLabelAfterDedupCurHistories(t *testing.T) {
 // TestTaintedNode tests tainted node isn't expected to have pod scheduled
 func TestTaintedNode(t *testing.T) {
 	forEachStrategy(t, func(t *testing.T, strategy *apps.DaemonSetUpdateStrategy) {
-		closeFn, dc, informers, clientset := setup(t)
+		ctx, closeFn, dc, informers, clientset := setup(t)
 		defer closeFn()
 		ns := framework.CreateNamespaceOrDie(clientset, "tainted-node", t)
 		defer framework.DeleteNamespaceOrDie(clientset, ns, t)
@@ -925,15 +883,9 @@ func TestTaintedNode(t *testing.T) {
 		podInformer := informers.Core().V1().Pods().Informer()
 		nodeClient := clientset.CoreV1().Nodes()
 
-		ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
-		defer cancel()
-
 		informers.Start(ctx.Done())
 		go dc.Run(ctx, 2)
 
-		// Start Scheduler
-		setupScheduler(ctx, t, clientset, informers)
-
 		ds := newDaemonSet("foo", ns.Name)
 		ds.Spec.UpdateStrategy = *strategy
 		ds, err := dsClient.Create(context.TODO(), ds, metav1.CreateOptions{})
@@ -980,7 +932,7 @@ func TestTaintedNode(t *testing.T) {
 // to the Unschedulable nodes.
 func TestUnschedulableNodeDaemonDoesLaunchPod(t *testing.T) {
 	forEachStrategy(t, func(t *testing.T, strategy *apps.DaemonSetUpdateStrategy) {
-		closeFn, dc, informers, clientset := setup(t)
+		ctx, closeFn, dc, informers, clientset := setup(t)
 		defer closeFn()
 		ns := framework.CreateNamespaceOrDie(clientset, "daemonset-unschedulable-test", t)
 		defer framework.DeleteNamespaceOrDie(clientset, ns, t)
@@ -990,15 +942,9 @@ func TestUnschedulableNodeDaemonDoesLaunchPod(t *testing.T) {
 		nodeClient := clientset.CoreV1().Nodes()
 		podInformer := informers.Core().V1().Pods().Informer()
 
-		ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
-		defer cancel()
-
 		informers.Start(ctx.Done())
 		go dc.Run(ctx, 2)
 
-		// Start Scheduler
-		setupScheduler(ctx, t, clientset, informers)
-
 		ds := newDaemonSet("foo", ns.Name)
 		ds.Spec.UpdateStrategy = *strategy
 		ds.Spec.Template.Spec.HostNetwork = true
diff --git a/test/integration/defaulttolerationseconds/defaulttolerationseconds_test.go b/test/integration/defaulttolerationseconds/defaulttolerationseconds_test.go
index 84c1124fee5..39ee9adbf95 100644
--- a/test/integration/defaulttolerationseconds/defaulttolerationseconds_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/defaulttolerationseconds/defaulttolerationseconds_test.go
@@ -22,25 +22,23 @@ import (
 
 	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
-	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
-	restclient "k8s.io/client-go/rest"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/core/helper"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/controlplane"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/plugin/pkg/admission/defaulttolerationseconds"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/integration/framework"
 )
 
 func TestAdmission(t *testing.T) {
-	controlPlaneConfig := framework.NewControlPlaneConfig()
-	controlPlaneConfig.GenericConfig.EnableProfiling = true
-	controlPlaneConfig.GenericConfig.AdmissionControl = defaulttolerationseconds.NewDefaultTolerationSeconds()
-	_, s, closeFn := framework.RunAnAPIServer(controlPlaneConfig)
-	defer closeFn()
+	client, _, tearDownFn := framework.StartTestServer(t, framework.TestServerSetup{
+		ModifyServerConfig: func(cfg *controlplane.Config) {
+			cfg.GenericConfig.EnableProfiling = true
+			cfg.GenericConfig.AdmissionControl = defaulttolerationseconds.NewDefaultTolerationSeconds()
+		},
+	})
+	defer tearDownFn()
 
-	client := clientset.NewForConfigOrDie(&restclient.Config{Host: s.URL, ContentConfig: restclient.ContentConfig{GroupVersion: &schema.GroupVersion{Group: "", Version: "v1"}}})
-
-	ns := framework.CreateTestingNamespace("default-toleration-seconds", t)
-	defer framework.DeleteTestingNamespace(ns, t)
+	ns := framework.CreateNamespaceOrDie(client, "default-toleration-seconds", t)
+	defer framework.DeleteNamespaceOrDie(client, ns, t)
 
 	pod := v1.Pod{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
diff --git a/test/integration/dualstack/dualstack_endpoints_test.go b/test/integration/dualstack/dualstack_endpoints_test.go
index 970e70fc761..4d7308a5da3 100644
--- a/test/integration/dualstack/dualstack_endpoints_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/dualstack/dualstack_endpoints_test.go
@@ -29,42 +29,31 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/intstr"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/informers"
-	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
-	restclient "k8s.io/client-go/rest"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/options"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/controller/endpoint"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/controller/endpointslice"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/integration/framework"
-	netutils "k8s.io/utils/net"
 )
 
 func TestDualStackEndpoints(t *testing.T) {
 	// Create an IPv4IPv6 dual stack control-plane
 	serviceCIDR := "10.0.0.0/16"
-	secondaryServiceCIDR := "2001:db8:1::/48"
+	secondaryServiceCIDR := "2001:db8:1::/112"
 	labelMap := func() map[string]string {
 		return map[string]string{"foo": "bar"}
 	}
 
-	cfg := framework.NewIntegrationTestControlPlaneConfig()
-	_, cidr, err := netutils.ParseCIDRSloppy(serviceCIDR)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Bad cidr: %v", err)
-	}
-	cfg.ExtraConfig.ServiceIPRange = *cidr
-
-	_, secCidr, err := netutils.ParseCIDRSloppy(secondaryServiceCIDR)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Bad cidr: %v", err)
-	}
-	cfg.ExtraConfig.SecondaryServiceIPRange = *secCidr
-
-	_, s, closeFn := framework.RunAnAPIServer(cfg)
-	defer closeFn()
-
-	client := clientset.NewForConfigOrDie(&restclient.Config{Host: s.URL})
+	client, _, tearDownFn := framework.StartTestServer(t, framework.TestServerSetup{
+		ModifyServerRunOptions: func(opts *options.ServerRunOptions) {
+			opts.ServiceClusterIPRanges = fmt.Sprintf("%s,%s", serviceCIDR, secondaryServiceCIDR)
+			// Disable ServiceAccount admission plugin as we don't have serviceaccount controller running.
+			opts.Admission.GenericAdmission.DisablePlugins = []string{"ServiceAccount"}
+		},
+	})
+	defer tearDownFn()
 
 	// Wait until the default "kubernetes" service is created.
-	if err = wait.Poll(250*time.Millisecond, time.Minute, func() (bool, error) {
+	if err := wait.Poll(250*time.Millisecond, time.Minute, func() (bool, error) {
 		_, err := client.CoreV1().Services(metav1.NamespaceDefault).Get(context.TODO(), "kubernetes", metav1.GetOptions{})
 		if err != nil && !apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
 			return false, err
@@ -156,8 +145,8 @@ func TestDualStackEndpoints(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for i, tc := range testcases {
 		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			ns := framework.CreateTestingNamespace(fmt.Sprintf("test-endpointslice-dualstack-%d", i), t)
-			defer framework.DeleteTestingNamespace(ns, t)
+			ns := framework.CreateNamespaceOrDie(client, fmt.Sprintf("test-endpointslice-dualstack-%d", i), t)
+			defer framework.DeleteNamespaceOrDie(client, ns, t)
 
 			// Create a pod with labels
 			pod := &v1.Pod{
diff --git a/test/integration/dualstack/dualstack_test.go b/test/integration/dualstack/dualstack_test.go
index 4ec8f72bc84..70e9a356b3e 100644
--- a/test/integration/dualstack/dualstack_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/dualstack/dualstack_test.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"net"
 	"reflect"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
@@ -36,9 +35,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/intstr"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
 
-	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
-	restclient "k8s.io/client-go/rest"
-
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/options"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/integration/framework"
 	netutils "k8s.io/utils/net"
 )
@@ -48,19 +45,15 @@ func TestCreateServiceSingleStackIPv4(t *testing.T) {
 	// Create an IPv4 single stack control-plane
 	serviceCIDR := "10.0.0.0/16"
 
-	cfg := framework.NewIntegrationTestControlPlaneConfig()
-	_, cidr, err := netutils.ParseCIDRSloppy(serviceCIDR)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("bad cidr: %v", err)
-	}
-	cfg.ExtraConfig.ServiceIPRange = *cidr
-	_, s, closeFn := framework.RunAnAPIServer(cfg)
-	defer closeFn()
-
-	client := clientset.NewForConfigOrDie(&restclient.Config{Host: s.URL})
+	client, _, tearDownFn := framework.StartTestServer(t, framework.TestServerSetup{
+		ModifyServerRunOptions: func(opts *options.ServerRunOptions) {
+			opts.ServiceClusterIPRanges = serviceCIDR
+		},
+	})
+	defer tearDownFn()
 
 	// Wait until the default "kubernetes" service is created.
-	if err = wait.Poll(250*time.Millisecond, time.Minute, func() (bool, error) {
+	if err := wait.Poll(250*time.Millisecond, time.Minute, func() (bool, error) {
 		_, err := client.CoreV1().Services(metav1.NamespaceDefault).Get(context.TODO(), "kubernetes", metav1.GetOptions{})
 		if err != nil && !apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
 			return false, err
@@ -239,7 +232,7 @@ func TestCreateServiceSingleStackIPv4(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 
 			// create the service
-			_, err = client.CoreV1().Services(metav1.NamespaceDefault).Create(context.TODO(), svc, metav1.CreateOptions{})
+			_, err := client.CoreV1().Services(metav1.NamespaceDefault).Create(context.TODO(), svc, metav1.CreateOptions{})
 			if (err != nil) != tc.expectError {
 				t.Errorf("Test failed expected result: %v received %v ", tc.expectError, err)
 			}
@@ -262,23 +255,18 @@ func TestCreateServiceSingleStackIPv4(t *testing.T) {
 // TestCreateServiceDualStackIPv6 test the Service dualstackness in an IPv6 only DualStack cluster
 func TestCreateServiceDualStackIPv6(t *testing.T) {
 	// Create an IPv6 only dual stack control-plane
-	serviceCIDR := "2001:db8:1::/48"
+	serviceCIDR := "2001:db8:1::/112"
 
-	cfg := framework.NewIntegrationTestControlPlaneConfig()
-	_, cidr, err := netutils.ParseCIDRSloppy(serviceCIDR)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("bad cidr: %v", err)
-	}
-	cfg.ExtraConfig.ServiceIPRange = *cidr
-	cfg.GenericConfig.PublicAddress = netutils.ParseIPSloppy("2001:db8::10")
-
-	_, s, closeFn := framework.RunAnAPIServer(cfg)
-	defer closeFn()
-
-	client := clientset.NewForConfigOrDie(&restclient.Config{Host: s.URL})
+	client, _, tearDownFn := framework.StartTestServer(t, framework.TestServerSetup{
+		ModifyServerRunOptions: func(opts *options.ServerRunOptions) {
+			opts.ServiceClusterIPRanges = serviceCIDR
+			opts.GenericServerRunOptions.AdvertiseAddress = netutils.ParseIPSloppy("2001:db8::10")
+		},
+	})
+	defer tearDownFn()
 
 	// Wait until the default "kubernetes" service is created.
-	if err = wait.Poll(250*time.Millisecond, time.Minute, func() (bool, error) {
+	if err := wait.Poll(250*time.Millisecond, time.Minute, func() (bool, error) {
 		_, err := client.CoreV1().Services(metav1.NamespaceDefault).Get(context.TODO(), "kubernetes", metav1.GetOptions{})
 		if err != nil && !apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
 			return false, err
@@ -459,7 +447,7 @@ func TestCreateServiceDualStackIPv6(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 
 			// create the service
-			_, err = client.CoreV1().Services(metav1.NamespaceDefault).Create(context.TODO(), svc, metav1.CreateOptions{})
+			_, err := client.CoreV1().Services(metav1.NamespaceDefault).Create(context.TODO(), svc, metav1.CreateOptions{})
 			if (err != nil) != tc.expectError {
 				t.Errorf("Test failed expected result: %v received %v ", tc.expectError, err)
 			}
@@ -483,28 +471,17 @@ func TestCreateServiceDualStackIPv6(t *testing.T) {
 func TestCreateServiceDualStackIPv4IPv6(t *testing.T) {
 	// Create an IPv4IPv6 dual stack control-plane
 	serviceCIDR := "10.0.0.0/16"
-	secondaryServiceCIDR := "2001:db8:1::/48"
+	secondaryServiceCIDR := "2001:db8:1::/112"
 
-	cfg := framework.NewIntegrationTestControlPlaneConfig()
-	_, cidr, err := netutils.ParseCIDRSloppy(serviceCIDR)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("bad cidr: %v", err)
-	}
-	cfg.ExtraConfig.ServiceIPRange = *cidr
-
-	_, secCidr, err := netutils.ParseCIDRSloppy(secondaryServiceCIDR)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("bad cidr: %v", err)
-	}
-	cfg.ExtraConfig.SecondaryServiceIPRange = *secCidr
-
-	_, s, closeFn := framework.RunAnAPIServer(cfg)
-	defer closeFn()
-
-	client := clientset.NewForConfigOrDie(&restclient.Config{Host: s.URL})
+	client, _, tearDownFn := framework.StartTestServer(t, framework.TestServerSetup{
+		ModifyServerRunOptions: func(opts *options.ServerRunOptions) {
+			opts.ServiceClusterIPRanges = fmt.Sprintf("%s,%s", serviceCIDR, secondaryServiceCIDR)
+		},
+	})
+	defer tearDownFn()
 
 	// Wait until the default "kubernetes" service is created.
-	if err = wait.Poll(250*time.Millisecond, time.Minute, func() (bool, error) {
+	if err := wait.Poll(250*time.Millisecond, time.Minute, func() (bool, error) {
 		_, err := client.CoreV1().Services(metav1.NamespaceDefault).Get(context.TODO(), "kubernetes", metav1.GetOptions{})
 		if err != nil && !apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
 			return false, err
@@ -684,7 +661,7 @@ func TestCreateServiceDualStackIPv4IPv6(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 
 			// create a service
-			_, err = client.CoreV1().Services(metav1.NamespaceDefault).Create(context.TODO(), svc, metav1.CreateOptions{})
+			_, err := client.CoreV1().Services(metav1.NamespaceDefault).Create(context.TODO(), svc, metav1.CreateOptions{})
 			if (err != nil) != tc.expectError {
 				t.Errorf("Test failed expected result: %v received %v ", tc.expectError, err)
 			}
@@ -708,30 +685,19 @@ func TestCreateServiceDualStackIPv4IPv6(t *testing.T) {
 // TestCreateServiceDualStackIPv6IPv4 test the Service dualstackness in a IPv6IPv4 DualStack cluster
 func TestCreateServiceDualStackIPv6IPv4(t *testing.T) {
 	// Create an IPv6IPv4 dual stack control-plane
-	serviceCIDR := "2001:db8:1::/48"
+	serviceCIDR := "2001:db8:1::/112"
 	secondaryServiceCIDR := "10.0.0.0/16"
 
-	cfg := framework.NewIntegrationTestControlPlaneConfig()
-	_, cidr, err := netutils.ParseCIDRSloppy(serviceCIDR)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("bad cidr: %v", err)
-	}
-	cfg.ExtraConfig.ServiceIPRange = *cidr
-	cfg.GenericConfig.PublicAddress = netutils.ParseIPSloppy("2001:db8::10")
-
-	_, secCidr, err := netutils.ParseCIDRSloppy(secondaryServiceCIDR)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("bad cidr: %v", err)
-	}
-	cfg.ExtraConfig.SecondaryServiceIPRange = *secCidr
-
-	_, s, closeFn := framework.RunAnAPIServer(cfg)
-	defer closeFn()
-
-	client := clientset.NewForConfigOrDie(&restclient.Config{Host: s.URL})
+	client, _, tearDownFn := framework.StartTestServer(t, framework.TestServerSetup{
+		ModifyServerRunOptions: func(opts *options.ServerRunOptions) {
+			opts.ServiceClusterIPRanges = fmt.Sprintf("%s,%s", serviceCIDR, secondaryServiceCIDR)
+			opts.GenericServerRunOptions.AdvertiseAddress = netutils.ParseIPSloppy("2001:db8::10")
+		},
+	})
+	defer tearDownFn()
 
 	// Wait until the default "kubernetes" service is created.
-	if err = wait.Poll(250*time.Millisecond, time.Minute, func() (bool, error) {
+	if err := wait.Poll(250*time.Millisecond, time.Minute, func() (bool, error) {
 		_, err := client.CoreV1().Services(metav1.NamespaceDefault).Get(context.TODO(), "kubernetes", metav1.GetOptions{})
 		if err != nil && !apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
 			return false, err
@@ -743,7 +709,7 @@ func TestCreateServiceDualStackIPv6IPv4(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// verify client is working
 	if err := wait.PollImmediate(5*time.Second, 2*time.Minute, func() (bool, error) {
-		_, err = client.CoreV1().Endpoints("default").Get(context.TODO(), "kubernetes", metav1.GetOptions{})
+		_, err := client.CoreV1().Endpoints("default").Get(context.TODO(), "kubernetes", metav1.GetOptions{})
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Logf("error fetching endpoints: %v", err)
 			return false, nil
@@ -914,7 +880,7 @@ func TestCreateServiceDualStackIPv6IPv4(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 
 			// create a service
-			_, err = client.CoreV1().Services(metav1.NamespaceDefault).Create(context.TODO(), svc, metav1.CreateOptions{})
+			_, err := client.CoreV1().Services(metav1.NamespaceDefault).Create(context.TODO(), svc, metav1.CreateOptions{})
 			if (err != nil) != tc.expectError {
 				t.Errorf("Test failed expected result: %v received %v ", tc.expectError, err)
 			}
@@ -939,28 +905,17 @@ func TestCreateServiceDualStackIPv6IPv4(t *testing.T) {
 func TestUpgradeDowngrade(t *testing.T) {
 	// Create an IPv4IPv6 dual stack control-plane
 	serviceCIDR := "10.0.0.0/16"
-	secondaryServiceCIDR := "2001:db8:1::/48"
+	secondaryServiceCIDR := "2001:db8:1::/112"
 
-	cfg := framework.NewIntegrationTestControlPlaneConfig()
-	_, cidr, err := netutils.ParseCIDRSloppy(serviceCIDR)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("bad cidr: %v", err)
-	}
-	cfg.ExtraConfig.ServiceIPRange = *cidr
-
-	_, secCidr, err := netutils.ParseCIDRSloppy(secondaryServiceCIDR)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("bad cidr: %v", err)
-	}
-	cfg.ExtraConfig.SecondaryServiceIPRange = *secCidr
-
-	_, s, closeFn := framework.RunAnAPIServer(cfg)
-	defer closeFn()
-
-	client := clientset.NewForConfigOrDie(&restclient.Config{Host: s.URL})
+	client, _, tearDownFn := framework.StartTestServer(t, framework.TestServerSetup{
+		ModifyServerRunOptions: func(opts *options.ServerRunOptions) {
+			opts.ServiceClusterIPRanges = fmt.Sprintf("%s,%s", serviceCIDR, secondaryServiceCIDR)
+		},
+	})
+	defer tearDownFn()
 
 	// Wait until the default "kubernetes" service is created.
-	if err = wait.Poll(250*time.Millisecond, time.Minute, func() (bool, error) {
+	if err := wait.Poll(250*time.Millisecond, time.Minute, func() (bool, error) {
 		_, err := client.CoreV1().Services(metav1.NamespaceDefault).Get(context.TODO(), "kubernetes", metav1.GetOptions{})
 		if err != nil && !apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
 			return false, err
@@ -988,7 +943,7 @@ func TestUpgradeDowngrade(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// create a service
-	_, err = client.CoreV1().Services(metav1.NamespaceDefault).Create(context.TODO(), svc, metav1.CreateOptions{})
+	_, err := client.CoreV1().Services(metav1.NamespaceDefault).Create(context.TODO(), svc, metav1.CreateOptions{})
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected error while creating service:%v", err)
 	}
@@ -1053,28 +1008,17 @@ func TestUpgradeDowngrade(t *testing.T) {
 func TestConvertToFromExternalName(t *testing.T) {
 	// Create an IPv4IPv6 dual stack control-plane
 	serviceCIDR := "10.0.0.0/16"
-	secondaryServiceCIDR := "2001:db8:1::/48"
+	secondaryServiceCIDR := "2001:db8:1::/112"
 
-	cfg := framework.NewIntegrationTestControlPlaneConfig()
-	_, cidr, err := netutils.ParseCIDRSloppy(serviceCIDR)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("bad cidr: %v", err)
-	}
-	cfg.ExtraConfig.ServiceIPRange = *cidr
-
-	_, secCidr, err := netutils.ParseCIDRSloppy(secondaryServiceCIDR)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("bad cidr: %v", err)
-	}
-	cfg.ExtraConfig.SecondaryServiceIPRange = *secCidr
-
-	_, s, closeFn := framework.RunAnAPIServer(cfg)
-	defer closeFn()
-
-	client := clientset.NewForConfigOrDie(&restclient.Config{Host: s.URL})
+	client, _, tearDownFn := framework.StartTestServer(t, framework.TestServerSetup{
+		ModifyServerRunOptions: func(opts *options.ServerRunOptions) {
+			opts.ServiceClusterIPRanges = fmt.Sprintf("%s,%s", serviceCIDR, secondaryServiceCIDR)
+		},
+	})
+	defer tearDownFn()
 
 	// Wait until the default "kubernetes" service is created.
-	if err = wait.Poll(250*time.Millisecond, time.Minute, func() (bool, error) {
+	if err := wait.Poll(250*time.Millisecond, time.Minute, func() (bool, error) {
 		_, err := client.CoreV1().Services(metav1.NamespaceDefault).Get(context.TODO(), "kubernetes", metav1.GetOptions{})
 		if err != nil && !apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
 			return false, err
@@ -1101,7 +1045,7 @@ func TestConvertToFromExternalName(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// create a service
-	_, err = client.CoreV1().Services(metav1.NamespaceDefault).Create(context.TODO(), svc, metav1.CreateOptions{})
+	_, err := client.CoreV1().Services(metav1.NamespaceDefault).Create(context.TODO(), svc, metav1.CreateOptions{})
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected error while creating service:%v", err)
 	}
@@ -1145,28 +1089,17 @@ func TestConvertToFromExternalName(t *testing.T) {
 func TestPreferDualStack(t *testing.T) {
 	// Create an IPv4IPv6 dual stack control-plane
 	serviceCIDR := "10.0.0.0/16"
-	secondaryServiceCIDR := "2001:db8:1::/48"
+	secondaryServiceCIDR := "2001:db8:1::/112"
 
-	cfg := framework.NewIntegrationTestControlPlaneConfig()
-	_, cidr, err := netutils.ParseCIDRSloppy(serviceCIDR)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("bad cidr: %v", err)
-	}
-	cfg.ExtraConfig.ServiceIPRange = *cidr
-
-	_, secCidr, err := netutils.ParseCIDRSloppy(secondaryServiceCIDR)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("bad cidr: %v", err)
-	}
-	cfg.ExtraConfig.SecondaryServiceIPRange = *secCidr
-
-	_, s, closeFn := framework.RunAnAPIServer(cfg)
-	defer closeFn()
-
-	client := clientset.NewForConfigOrDie(&restclient.Config{Host: s.URL})
+	client, _, tearDownFn := framework.StartTestServer(t, framework.TestServerSetup{
+		ModifyServerRunOptions: func(opts *options.ServerRunOptions) {
+			opts.ServiceClusterIPRanges = fmt.Sprintf("%s,%s", serviceCIDR, secondaryServiceCIDR)
+		},
+	})
+	defer tearDownFn()
 
 	// Wait until the default "kubernetes" service is created.
-	if err = wait.Poll(250*time.Millisecond, time.Minute, func() (bool, error) {
+	if err := wait.Poll(250*time.Millisecond, time.Minute, func() (bool, error) {
 		_, err := client.CoreV1().Services(metav1.NamespaceDefault).Get(context.TODO(), "kubernetes", metav1.GetOptions{})
 		if err != nil && !apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
 			return false, err
@@ -1197,7 +1130,7 @@ func TestPreferDualStack(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// create a service
-	_, err = client.CoreV1().Services(metav1.NamespaceDefault).Create(context.TODO(), svc, metav1.CreateOptions{})
+	_, err := client.CoreV1().Services(metav1.NamespaceDefault).Create(context.TODO(), svc, metav1.CreateOptions{})
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected error while creating service:%v", err)
 	}
@@ -1231,19 +1164,15 @@ func TestServiceUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 	// Create an IPv4 single stack control-plane
 	serviceCIDR := "10.0.0.0/16"
 
-	cfg := framework.NewIntegrationTestControlPlaneConfig()
-	_, cidr, err := netutils.ParseCIDRSloppy(serviceCIDR)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("bad cidr: %v", err)
-	}
-	cfg.ExtraConfig.ServiceIPRange = *cidr
-	_, s, closeFn := framework.RunAnAPIServer(cfg)
-	defer closeFn()
-
-	client := clientset.NewForConfigOrDie(&restclient.Config{Host: s.URL})
+	client, _, tearDownFn := framework.StartTestServer(t, framework.TestServerSetup{
+		ModifyServerRunOptions: func(opts *options.ServerRunOptions) {
+			opts.ServiceClusterIPRanges = serviceCIDR
+		},
+	})
+	defer tearDownFn()
 
 	// Wait until the default "kubernetes" service is created.
-	if err = wait.Poll(250*time.Millisecond, time.Minute, func() (bool, error) {
+	if err := wait.Poll(250*time.Millisecond, time.Minute, func() (bool, error) {
 		_, err := client.CoreV1().Services(metav1.NamespaceDefault).Get(context.TODO(), "kubernetes", metav1.GetOptions{})
 		if err != nil && !apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
 			return false, err
@@ -1270,7 +1199,7 @@ func TestServiceUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// create the service
-	_, err = client.CoreV1().Services(metav1.NamespaceDefault).Create(context.TODO(), svc, metav1.CreateOptions{})
+	_, err := client.CoreV1().Services(metav1.NamespaceDefault).Create(context.TODO(), svc, metav1.CreateOptions{})
 	// if no error was expected validate the service otherwise return
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("unexpected error creating service:%v", err)
@@ -1392,21 +1321,20 @@ func validateServiceAndClusterIPFamily(svc *v1.Service, expectedIPFamilies []v1.
 }
 
 func TestUpgradeServicePreferToDualStack(t *testing.T) {
+	sharedEtcd := framework.SharedEtcd()
+
 	// Create an IPv4 only dual stack control-plane
 	serviceCIDR := "192.168.0.0/24"
 
-	cfg := framework.NewIntegrationTestControlPlaneConfig()
-	_, cidr, err := netutils.ParseCIDRSloppy(serviceCIDR)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("bad cidr: %v", err)
-	}
-	cfg.ExtraConfig.ServiceIPRange = *cidr
-	_, s, closeFn := framework.RunAnAPIServer(cfg)
-
-	client := clientset.NewForConfigOrDie(&restclient.Config{Host: s.URL})
+	client, _, tearDownFn := framework.StartTestServer(t, framework.TestServerSetup{
+		ModifyServerRunOptions: func(opts *options.ServerRunOptions) {
+			opts.Etcd.StorageConfig = *sharedEtcd
+			opts.ServiceClusterIPRanges = serviceCIDR
+		},
+	})
 
 	// Wait until the default "kubernetes" service is created.
-	if err = wait.Poll(250*time.Millisecond, time.Minute, func() (bool, error) {
+	if err := wait.Poll(250*time.Millisecond, time.Minute, func() (bool, error) {
 		_, err := client.CoreV1().Services(metav1.NamespaceDefault).Get(context.TODO(), "kubernetes", metav1.GetOptions{})
 		if err != nil && !apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
 			return false, err
@@ -1438,7 +1366,7 @@ func TestUpgradeServicePreferToDualStack(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// create the service
-	_, err = client.CoreV1().Services(metav1.NamespaceDefault).Create(context.TODO(), svc, metav1.CreateOptions{})
+	_, err := client.CoreV1().Services(metav1.NamespaceDefault).Create(context.TODO(), svc, metav1.CreateOptions{})
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Unexpected error: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -1452,18 +1380,17 @@ func TestUpgradeServicePreferToDualStack(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// reconfigure the apiserver to be dual-stack
-	closeFn()
+	tearDownFn()
 
-	secondaryServiceCIDR := "2001:db8:1::/48"
-	_, secCidr, err := netutils.ParseCIDRSloppy(secondaryServiceCIDR)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("bad cidr: %v", err)
-	}
-	cfg.ExtraConfig.SecondaryServiceIPRange = *secCidr
-	_, s, closeFn = framework.RunAnAPIServer(cfg)
-	defer closeFn()
+	secondaryServiceCIDR := "2001:db8:1::/112"
 
-	client = clientset.NewForConfigOrDie(&restclient.Config{Host: s.URL})
+	client, _, tearDownFn = framework.StartTestServer(t, framework.TestServerSetup{
+		ModifyServerRunOptions: func(opts *options.ServerRunOptions) {
+			opts.Etcd.StorageConfig = *sharedEtcd
+			opts.ServiceClusterIPRanges = fmt.Sprintf("%s,%s", serviceCIDR, secondaryServiceCIDR)
+		},
+	})
+	defer tearDownFn()
 
 	// Wait until the default "kubernetes" service is created.
 	if err = wait.Poll(250*time.Millisecond, time.Minute, func() (bool, error) {
@@ -1487,25 +1414,21 @@ func TestUpgradeServicePreferToDualStack(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestDowngradeServicePreferToDualStack(t *testing.T) {
+	sharedEtcd := framework.SharedEtcd()
+
 	// Create a dual stack control-plane
 	serviceCIDR := "192.168.0.0/24"
-	secondaryServiceCIDR := "2001:db8:1::/48"
+	secondaryServiceCIDR := "2001:db8:1::/112"
+
+	client, _, tearDownFn := framework.StartTestServer(t, framework.TestServerSetup{
+		ModifyServerRunOptions: func(opts *options.ServerRunOptions) {
+			opts.Etcd.StorageConfig = *sharedEtcd
+			opts.ServiceClusterIPRanges = fmt.Sprintf("%s,%s", serviceCIDR, secondaryServiceCIDR)
+		},
+	})
 
-	dualStackCfg := framework.NewIntegrationTestControlPlaneConfig()
-	_, cidr, err := netutils.ParseCIDRSloppy(serviceCIDR)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("bad cidr: %v", err)
-	}
-	dualStackCfg.ExtraConfig.ServiceIPRange = *cidr
-	_, secCidr, err := netutils.ParseCIDRSloppy(secondaryServiceCIDR)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("bad cidr: %v", err)
-	}
-	dualStackCfg.ExtraConfig.SecondaryServiceIPRange = *secCidr
-	_, s, closeFn := framework.RunAnAPIServer(dualStackCfg)
-	client := clientset.NewForConfigOrDie(&restclient.Config{Host: s.URL})
 	// Wait until the default "kubernetes" service is created.
-	if err = wait.Poll(250*time.Millisecond, time.Minute, func() (bool, error) {
+	if err := wait.Poll(250*time.Millisecond, time.Minute, func() (bool, error) {
 		_, err := client.CoreV1().Services(metav1.NamespaceDefault).Get(context.TODO(), "kubernetes", metav1.GetOptions{})
 		if err != nil && !apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
 			return false, err
@@ -1535,7 +1458,7 @@ func TestDowngradeServicePreferToDualStack(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 	// create the service
-	_, err = client.CoreV1().Services(metav1.NamespaceDefault).Create(context.TODO(), svc, metav1.CreateOptions{})
+	_, err := client.CoreV1().Services(metav1.NamespaceDefault).Create(context.TODO(), svc, metav1.CreateOptions{})
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Unexpected error: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -1548,14 +1471,17 @@ func TestDowngradeServicePreferToDualStack(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("Unexpected error validating the service %s %v", svc.Name, err)
 	}
 	// reconfigure the apiserver to be sinlge stack
-	closeFn()
-	// reset secondary
-	var emptyCidr net.IPNet
-	dualStackCfg.ExtraConfig.SecondaryServiceIPRange = emptyCidr
+	tearDownFn()
+
+	// reset secondary
+	client, _, tearDownFn = framework.StartTestServer(t, framework.TestServerSetup{
+		ModifyServerRunOptions: func(opts *options.ServerRunOptions) {
+			opts.Etcd.StorageConfig = *sharedEtcd
+			opts.ServiceClusterIPRanges = serviceCIDR
+		},
+	})
+	defer tearDownFn()
 
-	_, s, closeFn = framework.RunAnAPIServer(dualStackCfg)
-	defer closeFn()
-	client = clientset.NewForConfigOrDie(&restclient.Config{Host: s.URL})
 	// Wait until the default "kubernetes" service is created.
 	if err = wait.Poll(250*time.Millisecond, time.Minute, func() (bool, error) {
 		_, err := client.CoreV1().Services(metav1.NamespaceDefault).Get(context.TODO(), "kubernetes", metav1.GetOptions{})
@@ -1587,18 +1513,11 @@ type specMergePatch struct {
 
 // tests success when converting ClusterIP:Headless service to ExternalName
 func Test_ServiceChangeTypeHeadlessToExternalNameWithPatch(t *testing.T) {
-	controlPlaneConfig := framework.NewIntegrationTestControlPlaneConfig()
-	_, server, closeFn := framework.RunAnAPIServer(controlPlaneConfig)
-	defer closeFn()
+	client, _, tearDownFn := framework.StartTestServer(t, framework.TestServerSetup{})
+	defer tearDownFn()
 
-	config := restclient.Config{Host: server.URL}
-	client, err := clientset.NewForConfig(&config)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Error creating clientset: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	ns := framework.CreateTestingNamespace("test-service-allocate-node-ports", t)
-	defer framework.DeleteTestingNamespace(ns, t)
+	ns := framework.CreateNamespaceOrDie(client, "test-service-allocate-node-ports", t)
+	defer framework.DeleteNamespaceOrDie(client, ns, t)
 
 	service := &v1.Service{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
@@ -1611,6 +1530,7 @@ func Test_ServiceChangeTypeHeadlessToExternalNameWithPatch(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 
+	var err error
 	service, err = client.CoreV1().Services(ns.Name).Create(context.TODO(), service, metav1.CreateOptions{})
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Error creating test service: %v", err)
diff --git a/test/integration/job/job_test.go b/test/integration/job/job_test.go
index 5c3da1096c6..837f0884958 100644
--- a/test/integration/job/job_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/job/job_test.go
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/client-go/util/retry"
 	featuregatetesting "k8s.io/component-base/featuregate/testing"
 	"k8s.io/controller-manager/pkg/informerfactory"
+	kubeapiservertesting "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/testing"
 	podutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/v1/pod"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/controller/garbagecollector"
 	jobcontroller "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/controller/job"
@@ -586,9 +587,7 @@ func TestFinalizersClearedWhenBackoffLimitExceeded(t *testing.T) {
 	closeFn, restConfig, clientSet, ns := setup(t, "simple")
 	defer closeFn()
 	ctx, cancel := startJobControllerAndWaitForCaches(restConfig)
-	defer func() {
-		cancel()
-	}()
+	defer cancel()
 
 	// Job tracking with finalizers requires less calls in Indexed mode,
 	// so it's more likely to process all finalizers before all the pods
@@ -785,9 +784,7 @@ func TestSuspendJobControllerRestart(t *testing.T) {
 	closeFn, restConfig, clientSet, ns := setup(t, "suspend")
 	defer closeFn()
 	ctx, cancel := startJobControllerAndWaitForCaches(restConfig)
-	defer func() {
-		cancel()
-	}()
+	defer cancel()
 
 	job, err := createJobWithDefaults(ctx, clientSet, ns.Name, &batchv1.Job{
 		Spec: batchv1.JobSpec{
@@ -1162,24 +1159,23 @@ func createJobWithDefaults(ctx context.Context, clientSet clientset.Interface, n
 }
 
 func setup(t *testing.T, nsBaseName string) (framework.CloseFunc, *restclient.Config, clientset.Interface, *v1.Namespace) {
-	controlPlaneConfig := framework.NewIntegrationTestControlPlaneConfig()
-	_, server, apiServerCloseFn := framework.RunAnAPIServer(controlPlaneConfig)
+	// Disable ServiceAccount admission plugin as we don't have serviceaccount controller running.
+	server := kubeapiservertesting.StartTestServerOrDie(t, nil, []string{"--disable-admission-plugins=ServiceAccount"}, framework.SharedEtcd())
 
-	config := restclient.Config{
-		Host:  server.URL,
-		QPS:   200.0,
-		Burst: 200,
-	}
-	clientSet, err := clientset.NewForConfig(&config)
+	config := restclient.CopyConfig(server.ClientConfig)
+	config.QPS = 200
+	config.Burst = 200
+	clientSet, err := clientset.NewForConfig(config)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Error creating clientset: %v", err)
 	}
-	ns := framework.CreateTestingNamespace(nsBaseName, t)
+
+	ns := framework.CreateNamespaceOrDie(clientSet, nsBaseName, t)
 	closeFn := func() {
-		framework.DeleteTestingNamespace(ns, t)
-		apiServerCloseFn()
+		framework.DeleteNamespaceOrDie(clientSet, ns, t)
+		server.TearDownFn()
 	}
-	return closeFn, &config, clientSet, ns
+	return closeFn, config, clientSet, ns
 }
 
 func startJobControllerAndWaitForCaches(restConfig *restclient.Config) (context.Context, context.CancelFunc) {
diff --git a/test/integration/scheduler/extender/extender_test.go b/test/integration/scheduler/extender/extender_test.go
index 96e39cf3638..76698aa40ae 100644
--- a/test/integration/scheduler/extender/extender_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/scheduler/extender/extender_test.go
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ func TestSchedulerExtender(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 
-	testCtx = testutils.InitTestSchedulerWithOptions(t, testCtx, scheduler.WithExtenders(extenders...))
+	testCtx = testutils.InitTestSchedulerWithOptions(t, testCtx, 0, scheduler.WithExtenders(extenders...))
 	testutils.SyncInformerFactory(testCtx)
 	go testCtx.Scheduler.Run(testCtx.Ctx)
 	defer testutils.CleanupTest(t, testCtx)
diff --git a/test/integration/scheduler/plugins/plugins_test.go b/test/integration/scheduler/plugins/plugins_test.go
index b2b944213ba..57c49135d2f 100644
--- a/test/integration/scheduler/plugins/plugins_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/scheduler/plugins/plugins_test.go
@@ -1489,7 +1489,7 @@ func TestBindPlugin(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 
 	// Create the scheduler with the test plugin set.
-	testCtx := testutils.InitTestSchedulerWithOptions(t, testContext,
+	testCtx := testutils.InitTestSchedulerWithOptions(t, testContext, 0,
 		scheduler.WithProfiles(cfg.Profiles...),
 		scheduler.WithFrameworkOutOfTreeRegistry(registry))
 	testutils.SyncInformerFactory(testCtx)
@@ -2421,7 +2421,7 @@ func TestActivatePods(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func initTestSchedulerForFrameworkTest(t *testing.T, testCtx *testutils.TestContext, nodeCount int, opts ...scheduler.Option) *testutils.TestContext {
-	testCtx = testutils.InitTestSchedulerWithOptions(t, testCtx, opts...)
+	testCtx = testutils.InitTestSchedulerWithOptions(t, testCtx, 0, opts...)
 	testutils.SyncInformerFactory(testCtx)
 	go testCtx.Scheduler.Run(testCtx.Ctx)
 
diff --git a/test/integration/scheduler/preemption/preemption_test.go b/test/integration/scheduler/preemption/preemption_test.go
index 7f96768daa6..cc68a8bc0e1 100644
--- a/test/integration/scheduler/preemption/preemption_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/scheduler/preemption/preemption_test.go
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ func TestPreemption(t *testing.T) {
 
 	testCtx := testutils.InitTestSchedulerWithOptions(t,
 		testutils.InitTestAPIServer(t, "preemption", nil),
+		0,
 		scheduler.WithProfiles(cfg.Profiles...),
 		scheduler.WithFrameworkOutOfTreeRegistry(registry))
 	testutils.SyncInformerFactory(testCtx)
@@ -1436,7 +1437,7 @@ func TestPDBInPreemption(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func initTestPreferNominatedNode(t *testing.T, nsPrefix string, opts ...scheduler.Option) *testutils.TestContext {
-	testCtx := testutils.InitTestSchedulerWithOptions(t, testutils.InitTestAPIServer(t, nsPrefix, nil), opts...)
+	testCtx := testutils.InitTestSchedulerWithOptions(t, testutils.InitTestAPIServer(t, nsPrefix, nil), 0, opts...)
 	testutils.SyncInformerFactory(testCtx)
 	// wraps the NextPod() method to make it appear the preemption has been done already and the nominated node has been set.
 	f := testCtx.Scheduler.NextPod
diff --git a/test/integration/scheduler/queue_test.go b/test/integration/scheduler/queue_test.go
index 880890f7b6e..8c9364deb4f 100644
--- a/test/integration/scheduler/queue_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/scheduler/queue_test.go
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ func TestCoreResourceEnqueue(t *testing.T) {
 	testCtx := testutils.InitTestSchedulerWithOptions(
 		t,
 		testutils.InitTestAPIServer(t, "core-res-enqueue", nil),
+		0,
 		scheduler.WithPodInitialBackoffSeconds(0),
 		scheduler.WithPodMaxBackoffSeconds(0),
 	)
@@ -236,6 +237,7 @@ func TestCustomResourceEnqueue(t *testing.T) {
 	testCtx = testutils.InitTestSchedulerWithOptions(
 		t,
 		testCtx,
+		0,
 		scheduler.WithProfiles(cfg.Profiles...),
 		scheduler.WithFrameworkOutOfTreeRegistry(registry),
 		scheduler.WithPodInitialBackoffSeconds(0),
diff --git a/test/integration/scheduler/scheduler_test.go b/test/integration/scheduler/scheduler_test.go
index 5e2a6112b31..c81b192d2c2 100644
--- a/test/integration/scheduler/scheduler_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/scheduler/scheduler_test.go
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ func TestMultipleSchedulers(t *testing.T) {
 			}},
 		},
 	})
-	testCtx = testutils.InitTestSchedulerWithOptions(t, testCtx, scheduler.WithProfiles(cfg.Profiles...))
+	testCtx = testutils.InitTestSchedulerWithOptions(t, testCtx, 0, scheduler.WithProfiles(cfg.Profiles...))
 	testutils.SyncInformerFactory(testCtx)
 	go testCtx.Scheduler.Run(testCtx.Ctx)
 
diff --git a/test/integration/scheduler/scoring/priorities_test.go b/test/integration/scheduler/scoring/priorities_test.go
index ec866e22b66..c757d6bbaae 100644
--- a/test/integration/scheduler/scoring/priorities_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/scheduler/scoring/priorities_test.go
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ func initTestSchedulerForPriorityTest(t *testing.T, scorePluginName string) *tes
 	testCtx := testutils.InitTestSchedulerWithOptions(
 		t,
 		testutils.InitTestAPIServer(t, strings.ToLower(scorePluginName), nil),
+		0,
 		scheduler.WithProfiles(cfg.Profiles...),
 	)
 	testutils.SyncInformerFactory(testCtx)
@@ -127,6 +128,7 @@ func initTestSchedulerForNodeResourcesTest(t *testing.T) *testutils.TestContext
 	testCtx := testutils.InitTestSchedulerWithOptions(
 		t,
 		testutils.InitTestAPIServer(t, strings.ToLower(noderesources.Name), nil),
+		0,
 		scheduler.WithProfiles(cfg.Profiles...),
 	)
 	testutils.SyncInformerFactory(testCtx)
diff --git a/test/integration/statefulset/statefulset_test.go b/test/integration/statefulset/statefulset_test.go
index 34ab4140e58..2e2d99c14c3 100644
--- a/test/integration/statefulset/statefulset_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/statefulset/statefulset_test.go
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import (
 	apiservertesting "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/testing"
 	podutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/v1/pod"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/controller/statefulset"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/controlplane"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/features"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/integration/framework"
 )
@@ -49,10 +50,7 @@ const (
 // TestVolumeTemplateNoopUpdate ensures embedded StatefulSet objects with embedded PersistentVolumes can be updated
 func TestVolumeTemplateNoopUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 	// Start the server with default storage setup
-	server, err := apiservertesting.StartTestServer(t, apiservertesting.NewDefaultTestServerOptions(), nil, framework.SharedEtcd())
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
+	server := apiservertesting.StartTestServerOrDie(t, nil, nil, framework.SharedEtcd())
 	defer server.TearDownFn()
 
 	c, err := dynamic.NewForConfig(server.ClientConfig)
@@ -125,8 +123,8 @@ func TestVolumeTemplateNoopUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 func TestSpecReplicasChange(t *testing.T) {
 	closeFn, rm, informers, c := scSetup(t)
 	defer closeFn()
-	ns := framework.CreateTestingNamespace("test-spec-replicas-change", t)
-	defer framework.DeleteTestingNamespace(ns, t)
+	ns := framework.CreateNamespaceOrDie(c, "test-spec-replicas-change", t)
+	defer framework.DeleteNamespaceOrDie(c, ns, t)
 	cancel := runControllerAndInformers(rm, informers)
 	defer cancel()
 
@@ -168,8 +166,8 @@ func TestSpecReplicasChange(t *testing.T) {
 func TestDeletingAndFailedPods(t *testing.T) {
 	closeFn, rm, informers, c := scSetup(t)
 	defer closeFn()
-	ns := framework.CreateTestingNamespace("test-deleting-and-failed-pods", t)
-	defer framework.DeleteTestingNamespace(ns, t)
+	ns := framework.CreateNamespaceOrDie(c, "test-deleting-and-failed-pods", t)
+	defer framework.DeleteNamespaceOrDie(c, ns, t)
 	cancel := runControllerAndInformers(rm, informers)
 	defer cancel()
 
@@ -269,8 +267,8 @@ func TestStatefulSetAvailable(t *testing.T) {
 			defer featuregatetesting.SetFeatureGateDuringTest(t, utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate, features.StatefulSetMinReadySeconds, test.enabled)()
 			closeFn, rm, informers, c := scSetup(t)
 			defer closeFn()
-			ns := framework.CreateTestingNamespace("test-available-pods", t)
-			defer framework.DeleteTestingNamespace(ns, t)
+			ns := framework.CreateNamespaceOrDie(c, "test-available-pods", t)
+			defer framework.DeleteNamespaceOrDie(c, ns, t)
 			cancel := runControllerAndInformers(rm, informers)
 			defer cancel()
 
@@ -358,31 +356,28 @@ func setPodsReadyCondition(t *testing.T, clientSet clientset.Interface, pods *v1
 // add for issue: https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/108837
 func TestStatefulSetStatusWithPodFail(t *testing.T) {
 	limitedPodNumber := 2
-	controlPlaneConfig := framework.NewIntegrationTestControlPlaneConfig()
-	controlPlaneConfig.GenericConfig.AdmissionControl = &fakePodFailAdmission{
-		limitedPodNumber: limitedPodNumber,
-	}
-	_, s, closeFn := framework.RunAnAPIServer(controlPlaneConfig)
+	c, config, closeFn := framework.StartTestServer(t, framework.TestServerSetup{
+		ModifyServerConfig: func(config *controlplane.Config) {
+			config.GenericConfig.AdmissionControl = &fakePodFailAdmission{
+				limitedPodNumber: limitedPodNumber,
+			}
+		},
+	})
 	defer closeFn()
 
-	config := restclient.Config{Host: s.URL}
-	c, err := clientset.NewForConfig(&config)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Could not create clientset: %v", err)
-	}
 	resyncPeriod := 12 * time.Hour
-	informers := informers.NewSharedInformerFactory(clientset.NewForConfigOrDie(restclient.AddUserAgent(&config, "statefulset-informers")), resyncPeriod)
+	informers := informers.NewSharedInformerFactory(clientset.NewForConfigOrDie(restclient.AddUserAgent(config, "statefulset-informers")), resyncPeriod)
 
 	ssc := statefulset.NewStatefulSetController(
 		informers.Core().V1().Pods(),
 		informers.Apps().V1().StatefulSets(),
 		informers.Core().V1().PersistentVolumeClaims(),
 		informers.Apps().V1().ControllerRevisions(),
-		clientset.NewForConfigOrDie(restclient.AddUserAgent(&config, "statefulset-controller")),
+		clientset.NewForConfigOrDie(restclient.AddUserAgent(config, "statefulset-controller")),
 	)
 
-	ns := framework.CreateTestingNamespace("test-pod-fail", t)
-	defer framework.DeleteTestingNamespace(ns, t)
+	ns := framework.CreateNamespaceOrDie(c, "test-pod-fail", t)
+	defer framework.DeleteNamespaceOrDie(c, ns, t)
 
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 	defer cancel()
@@ -390,7 +385,7 @@ func TestStatefulSetStatusWithPodFail(t *testing.T) {
 	go ssc.Run(ctx, 5)
 
 	sts := newSTS("sts", ns.Name, 4)
-	_, err = c.AppsV1().StatefulSets(sts.Namespace).Create(context.TODO(), sts, metav1.CreateOptions{})
+	_, err := c.AppsV1().StatefulSets(sts.Namespace).Create(context.TODO(), sts, metav1.CreateOptions{})
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Could not create statefuleSet %s: %v", sts.Name, err)
 	}
diff --git a/test/integration/statefulset/util.go b/test/integration/statefulset/util.go
index 1f81c289ac4..85ef679439c 100644
--- a/test/integration/statefulset/util.go
+++ b/test/integration/statefulset/util.go
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import (
 	typedv1 "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/typed/core/v1"
 	restclient "k8s.io/client-go/rest"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/util/retry"
+	kubeapiservertesting "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/testing"
 	api "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/core"
 
 	//svc "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/v1/service"
@@ -159,27 +160,27 @@ func newStatefulSetPVC(name string) v1.PersistentVolumeClaim {
 }
 
 // scSetup sets up necessities for Statefulset integration test, including control plane, apiserver, informers, and clientset
-func scSetup(t *testing.T) (framework.CloseFunc, *statefulset.StatefulSetController, informers.SharedInformerFactory, clientset.Interface) {
-	controlPlaneConfig := framework.NewIntegrationTestControlPlaneConfig()
-	_, s, closeFn := framework.RunAnAPIServer(controlPlaneConfig)
+func scSetup(t *testing.T) (kubeapiservertesting.TearDownFunc, *statefulset.StatefulSetController, informers.SharedInformerFactory, clientset.Interface) {
+	// Disable ServiceAccount admission plugin as we don't have serviceaccount controller running.
+	server := kubeapiservertesting.StartTestServerOrDie(t, nil, []string{"--disable-admission-plugins=ServiceAccount"}, framework.SharedEtcd())
 
-	config := restclient.Config{Host: s.URL}
-	clientSet, err := clientset.NewForConfig(&config)
+	config := restclient.CopyConfig(server.ClientConfig)
+	clientSet, err := clientset.NewForConfig(config)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("error in create clientset: %v", err)
 	}
 	resyncPeriod := 12 * time.Hour
-	informers := informers.NewSharedInformerFactory(clientset.NewForConfigOrDie(restclient.AddUserAgent(&config, "statefulset-informers")), resyncPeriod)
+	informers := informers.NewSharedInformerFactory(clientset.NewForConfigOrDie(restclient.AddUserAgent(config, "statefulset-informers")), resyncPeriod)
 
 	sc := statefulset.NewStatefulSetController(
 		informers.Core().V1().Pods(),
 		informers.Apps().V1().StatefulSets(),
 		informers.Core().V1().PersistentVolumeClaims(),
 		informers.Apps().V1().ControllerRevisions(),
-		clientset.NewForConfigOrDie(restclient.AddUserAgent(&config, "statefulset-controller")),
+		clientset.NewForConfigOrDie(restclient.AddUserAgent(config, "statefulset-controller")),
 	)
 
-	return closeFn, sc, informers, clientSet
+	return server.TearDownFn, sc, informers, clientSet
 }
 
 // Run STS controller and informers
diff --git a/test/integration/util/util.go b/test/integration/util/util.go
index eee74da29fe..27dfbd37a16 100644
--- a/test/integration/util/util.go
+++ b/test/integration/util/util.go
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ func InitTestAPIServer(t *testing.T, nsPrefix string, admission admission.Interf
 
 	testCtx.ClientSet, testCtx.KubeConfig, testCtx.CloseFn = framework.StartTestServer(t, framework.TestServerSetup{
 		ModifyServerRunOptions: func(options *options.ServerRunOptions) {
-			options.Admission.GenericAdmission.DisablePlugins = []string{"ServiceAccount", "TaintNodesByCondition", "Priority"}
+			options.Admission.GenericAdmission.DisablePlugins = []string{"ServiceAccount", "TaintNodesByCondition", "Priority", "StorageObjectInUseProtection"}
 		},
 		ModifyServerConfig: func(config *controlplane.Config) {
 			if admission != nil {
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ func InitTestScheduler(
 	testCtx *TestContext,
 ) *TestContext {
 	// Pod preemption is enabled by default scheduler configuration.
-	return InitTestSchedulerWithOptions(t, testCtx)
+	return InitTestSchedulerWithOptions(t, testCtx, 0)
 }
 
 // InitTestSchedulerWithOptions initializes a test environment and creates a scheduler with default
@@ -388,10 +388,11 @@ func InitTestScheduler(
 func InitTestSchedulerWithOptions(
 	t *testing.T,
 	testCtx *TestContext,
+	resyncPeriod time.Duration,
 	opts ...scheduler.Option,
 ) *TestContext {
 	// 1. Create scheduler
-	testCtx.InformerFactory = scheduler.NewInformerFactory(testCtx.ClientSet, 0)
+	testCtx.InformerFactory = scheduler.NewInformerFactory(testCtx.ClientSet, resyncPeriod)
 	if testCtx.KubeConfig != nil {
 		dynClient := dynamic.NewForConfigOrDie(testCtx.KubeConfig)
 		testCtx.DynInformerFactory = dynamicinformer.NewFilteredDynamicSharedInformerFactory(dynClient, 0, v1.NamespaceAll, nil)
@@ -489,7 +490,7 @@ func InitDisruptionController(t *testing.T, testCtx *TestContext) *disruption.Di
 // InitTestSchedulerWithNS initializes a test environment and creates API server and scheduler with default
 // configuration.
 func InitTestSchedulerWithNS(t *testing.T, nsPrefix string, opts ...scheduler.Option) *TestContext {
-	testCtx := InitTestSchedulerWithOptions(t, InitTestAPIServer(t, nsPrefix, nil), opts...)
+	testCtx := InitTestSchedulerWithOptions(t, InitTestAPIServer(t, nsPrefix, nil), 0, opts...)
 	SyncInformerFactory(testCtx)
 	go testCtx.Scheduler.Run(testCtx.Ctx)
 	return testCtx
@@ -512,6 +513,7 @@ func InitTestDisablePreemption(t *testing.T, nsPrefix string) *TestContext {
 	})
 	testCtx := InitTestSchedulerWithOptions(
 		t, InitTestAPIServer(t, nsPrefix, nil),
+		0,
 		scheduler.WithProfiles(cfg.Profiles...))
 	SyncInformerFactory(testCtx)
 	go testCtx.Scheduler.Run(testCtx.Ctx)
diff --git a/test/integration/volumescheduling/util.go b/test/integration/volumescheduling/util.go
index 8b960ce94c9..90f321b291a 100644
--- a/test/integration/volumescheduling/util.go
+++ b/test/integration/volumescheduling/util.go
@@ -18,125 +18,15 @@ package volumescheduling
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"net/http/httptest"
-	"testing"
 	"time"
 
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/uuid"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
-	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission"
-	"k8s.io/client-go/informers"
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
-	restclient "k8s.io/client-go/rest"
-	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/events"
 	podutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/v1/pod"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/controlplane"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/scheduler"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/scheduler/profile"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/integration/framework"
 )
 
-type testContext struct {
-	closeFn         framework.CloseFunc
-	httpServer      *httptest.Server
-	ns              *v1.Namespace
-	clientSet       *clientset.Clientset
-	informerFactory informers.SharedInformerFactory
-	scheduler       *scheduler.Scheduler
-
-	ctx      context.Context
-	cancelFn context.CancelFunc
-}
-
-// initTestAPIServer initializes a test environment and creates an API server with default
-// configuration. Alpha resources are enabled automatically if the corresponding feature
-// is enabled.
-func initTestAPIServer(t *testing.T, nsPrefix string, admission admission.Interface) *testContext {
-	ctx, cancelFunc := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
-	testCtx := testContext{
-		ctx:      ctx,
-		cancelFn: cancelFunc,
-	}
-
-	// 1. Create API server
-	controlPlaneConfig := framework.NewIntegrationTestControlPlaneConfig()
-	resourceConfig := controlplane.DefaultAPIResourceConfigSource()
-	controlPlaneConfig.ExtraConfig.APIResourceConfigSource = resourceConfig
-
-	if admission != nil {
-		controlPlaneConfig.GenericConfig.AdmissionControl = admission
-	}
-
-	_, testCtx.httpServer, testCtx.closeFn = framework.RunAnAPIServer(controlPlaneConfig)
-	s := testCtx.httpServer
-
-	if nsPrefix != "default" {
-		testCtx.ns = framework.CreateTestingNamespace(nsPrefix+string(uuid.NewUUID()), t)
-	} else {
-		testCtx.ns = framework.CreateTestingNamespace("default", t)
-	}
-
-	// 2. Create kubeclient
-	testCtx.clientSet = clientset.NewForConfigOrDie(
-		&restclient.Config{
-			QPS: -1, Host: s.URL,
-			ContentConfig: restclient.ContentConfig{
-				GroupVersion: &schema.GroupVersion{Group: "", Version: "v1"},
-			},
-		},
-	)
-	return &testCtx
-}
-
-// initTestSchedulerWithOptions initializes a test environment and creates a scheduler with default
-// configuration and other options.
-func initTestSchedulerWithOptions(
-	t *testing.T,
-	testCtx *testContext,
-	resyncPeriod time.Duration,
-) *testContext {
-	// 1. Create scheduler
-	testCtx.informerFactory = informers.NewSharedInformerFactory(testCtx.clientSet, resyncPeriod)
-
-	eventBroadcaster := events.NewBroadcaster(&events.EventSinkImpl{
-		Interface: testCtx.clientSet.EventsV1(),
-	})
-
-	var err error
-	testCtx.scheduler, err = scheduler.New(
-		testCtx.clientSet,
-		testCtx.informerFactory,
-		nil,
-		profile.NewRecorderFactory(eventBroadcaster),
-		testCtx.ctx.Done())
-
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Couldn't create scheduler: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	eventBroadcaster.StartRecordingToSink(testCtx.ctx.Done())
-
-	testCtx.informerFactory.Start(testCtx.scheduler.StopEverything)
-	testCtx.informerFactory.WaitForCacheSync(testCtx.scheduler.StopEverything)
-
-	go testCtx.scheduler.Run(testCtx.ctx)
-	return testCtx
-}
-
-// cleanupTest deletes the scheduler and the test namespace. It should be called
-// at the end of a test.
-func cleanupTest(t *testing.T, testCtx *testContext) {
-	// Kill the scheduler.
-	testCtx.cancelFn()
-	// Cleanup nodes.
-	testCtx.clientSet.CoreV1().Nodes().DeleteCollection(context.TODO(), metav1.DeleteOptions{}, metav1.ListOptions{})
-	framework.DeleteTestingNamespace(testCtx.ns, t)
-	testCtx.closeFn()
-}
-
 // waitForPodToScheduleWithTimeout waits for a pod to get scheduled and returns
 // an error if it does not scheduled within the given timeout.
 func waitForPodToScheduleWithTimeout(cs clientset.Interface, pod *v1.Pod, timeout time.Duration) error {
diff --git a/test/integration/volumescheduling/volume_binding_test.go b/test/integration/volumescheduling/volume_binding_test.go
index 99b2bd49f85..93a33a7ed12 100644
--- a/test/integration/volumescheduling/volume_binding_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/volumescheduling/volume_binding_test.go
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/nodevolumelimits"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume"
 	volumetest "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume/testing"
+	testutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/integration/util"
 	imageutils "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/utils/image"
 )
 
@@ -990,19 +991,16 @@ func TestCapacity(t *testing.T) {
 // selectedNode annotation from a claim to reschedule volume provision
 // on provision failure.
 func TestRescheduleProvisioning(t *testing.T) {
-	// Set feature gates
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	testCtx := testutil.InitTestAPIServer(t, "reschedule-volume-provision", nil)
 
-	testCtx := initTestAPIServer(t, "reschedule-volume-provision", nil)
-
-	clientset := testCtx.clientSet
-	ns := testCtx.ns.Name
+	clientset := testCtx.ClientSet
+	ns := testCtx.NS.Name
 
 	defer func() {
-		cancel()
+		testCtx.CancelFn()
 		deleteTestObjects(clientset, ns, metav1.DeleteOptions{})
-		testCtx.clientSet.CoreV1().Nodes().DeleteCollection(context.TODO(), metav1.DeleteOptions{}, metav1.ListOptions{})
-		testCtx.closeFn()
+		testCtx.ClientSet.CoreV1().Nodes().DeleteCollection(context.TODO(), metav1.DeleteOptions{}, metav1.ListOptions{})
+		testCtx.CloseFn()
 	}()
 
 	ctrl, informerFactory, err := initPVController(t, testCtx, 0)
@@ -1038,9 +1036,9 @@ func TestRescheduleProvisioning(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// Start controller.
-	go ctrl.Run(ctx)
-	informerFactory.Start(ctx.Done())
-	informerFactory.WaitForCacheSync(ctx.Done())
+	go ctrl.Run(testCtx.Ctx)
+	informerFactory.Start(testCtx.Ctx.Done())
+	informerFactory.WaitForCacheSync(testCtx.Ctx.Done())
 
 	// Validate that the annotation is removed by controller for provision reschedule.
 	if err := waitForProvisionAnn(clientset, pvc, false); err != nil {
@@ -1049,18 +1047,21 @@ func TestRescheduleProvisioning(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func setupCluster(t *testing.T, nsName string, numberOfNodes int, resyncPeriod time.Duration, provisionDelaySeconds int) *testConfig {
-	testCtx := initTestSchedulerWithOptions(t, initTestAPIServer(t, nsName, nil), resyncPeriod)
-	clientset := testCtx.clientSet
-	ns := testCtx.ns.Name
+	testCtx := testutil.InitTestSchedulerWithOptions(t, testutil.InitTestAPIServer(t, nsName, nil), resyncPeriod)
+	testutil.SyncInformerFactory(testCtx)
+	go testCtx.Scheduler.Run(testCtx.Ctx)
+
+	clientset := testCtx.ClientSet
+	ns := testCtx.NS.Name
 
 	ctrl, informerFactory, err := initPVController(t, testCtx, provisionDelaySeconds)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Failed to create PV controller: %v", err)
 	}
-	go ctrl.Run(testCtx.ctx)
+	go ctrl.Run(testCtx.Ctx)
 	// Start informer factory after all controllers are configured and running.
-	informerFactory.Start(testCtx.ctx.Done())
-	informerFactory.WaitForCacheSync(testCtx.ctx.Done())
+	informerFactory.Start(testCtx.Ctx.Done())
+	informerFactory.WaitForCacheSync(testCtx.Ctx.Done())
 
 	// Create shared objects
 	// Create nodes
@@ -1081,17 +1082,17 @@ func setupCluster(t *testing.T, nsName string, numberOfNodes int, resyncPeriod t
 	return &testConfig{
 		client: clientset,
 		ns:     ns,
-		stop:   testCtx.ctx.Done(),
+		stop:   testCtx.Ctx.Done(),
 		teardown: func() {
 			klog.Infof("test cluster %q start to tear down", ns)
 			deleteTestObjects(clientset, ns, metav1.DeleteOptions{})
-			cleanupTest(t, testCtx)
+			testutil.CleanupTest(t, testCtx)
 		},
 	}
 }
 
-func initPVController(t *testing.T, testCtx *testContext, provisionDelaySeconds int) (*persistentvolume.PersistentVolumeController, informers.SharedInformerFactory, error) {
-	clientset := testCtx.clientSet
+func initPVController(t *testing.T, testCtx *testutil.TestContext, provisionDelaySeconds int) (*persistentvolume.PersistentVolumeController, informers.SharedInformerFactory, error) {
+	clientset := testCtx.ClientSet
 	// Informers factory for controllers
 	informerFactory := informers.NewSharedInformerFactory(clientset, 0)
 
diff --git a/test/integration/volumescheduling/volume_capacity_priority_test.go b/test/integration/volumescheduling/volume_capacity_priority_test.go
index dff08f1739e..9122b18d203 100644
--- a/test/integration/volumescheduling/volume_capacity_priority_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/volumescheduling/volume_capacity_priority_test.go
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import (
 	featuregatetesting "k8s.io/component-base/featuregate/testing"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/features"
+	testutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/integration/util"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -46,28 +47,31 @@ func mergeNodeLabels(node *v1.Node, labels map[string]string) *v1.Node {
 }
 
 func setupClusterForVolumeCapacityPriority(t *testing.T, nsName string, resyncPeriod time.Duration, provisionDelaySeconds int) *testConfig {
-	textCtx := initTestSchedulerWithOptions(t, initTestAPIServer(t, nsName, nil), resyncPeriod)
-	clientset := textCtx.clientSet
-	ns := textCtx.ns.Name
+	testCtx := testutil.InitTestSchedulerWithOptions(t, testutil.InitTestAPIServer(t, nsName, nil), resyncPeriod)
+	testutil.SyncInformerFactory(testCtx)
+	go testCtx.Scheduler.Run(testCtx.Ctx)
 
-	ctrl, informerFactory, err := initPVController(t, textCtx, provisionDelaySeconds)
+	clientset := testCtx.ClientSet
+	ns := testCtx.NS.Name
+
+	ctrl, informerFactory, err := initPVController(t, testCtx, provisionDelaySeconds)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Failed to create PV controller: %v", err)
 	}
-	go ctrl.Run(textCtx.ctx)
+	go ctrl.Run(testCtx.Ctx)
 
 	// Start informer factory after all controllers are configured and running.
-	informerFactory.Start(textCtx.ctx.Done())
-	informerFactory.WaitForCacheSync(textCtx.ctx.Done())
+	informerFactory.Start(testCtx.Ctx.Done())
+	informerFactory.WaitForCacheSync(testCtx.Ctx.Done())
 
 	return &testConfig{
 		client: clientset,
 		ns:     ns,
-		stop:   textCtx.ctx.Done(),
+		stop:   testCtx.Ctx.Done(),
 		teardown: func() {
 			klog.Infof("test cluster %q start to tear down", ns)
 			deleteTestObjects(clientset, ns, metav1.DeleteOptions{})
-			cleanupTest(t, textCtx)
+			testutil.CleanupTest(t, testCtx)
 		},
 	}
 }